From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 16 22:09:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817C5106564A for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4918FC16 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 7268 invoked by uid 399); 16 Mar 2009 22:09:30 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 16 Mar 2009 22:09:30 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <49BECE18.1000000@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:09:28 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090312) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Butler References: <49BEBB45.7050605@FreeBSD.org> <49BEC44E.6060004@protected-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <49BEC44E.6060004@protected-networks.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is wpa_supplicant supposed to work with a hidden ssid? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:09:33 -0000 Michael Butler wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> I spent a pretty long, frustrating evening last night getting >> wpa_supplicant working with my Intel 3945abg (wpi) card. I could >> connect when the network was open, or using WEP just fine. However it >> turned out that I could not connect with WPA unless the AP was showing >> the ssid. > > I thought we used to use "scan_ssid=1" for this. Has it changed? Aha! I had actually tried that option, but IIRC I did it when I had accidentally set ap_scan to 0, so nothing worked. With ap_scan=1 and scan_ssid=1 the AP can once again hide its ssid, thanks! Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection